Stool or chair



Feb. 13, 1945. T, A FALLON, 5R 2,369,289

STOOL OR CHAI R Filed May 3l, 1944 Eff-mii face of the body portion 35 and held within these recesses by plates 43, secured in place yby screws 44.

The seat further comprises an upper portion or cushion 45, secured to the seat body portion 35 by any suitable means.

The bar 22 has metal straps 46 secured to its opposite faces by screws or the like and these metal straps are countersunk into these faces to be flush therewith. Spaced openings 41 are formed through the metal straps 46 and bar 22, for receiving a removable bolt 48, passing through openings 49, formed in the side strips i8 and metal strips 50, secured to the side strips by screws I or the like and countersunk in the faces of these side strips to 'be flush therewith. The bar 30 has metal strips 52 applied to its opposite faces and countersunk therein and held in place by screwsV 53 or the like. Openings 54 are formed through the bar and metal strips 52 and receive a removable bolt 55, passing through openingsl 5G, formed in the side strips 28 and metal strips 51, secured thereto by screws 58 or the like. These metal strips are countersunk so that they are iijush with the outer faces of the strips k28. The bar 22 is provided upon its cuter edge with spaced grooves or lines 59, to coact with the upper end of the adjacent strip I9. When a line 59 is at the upper end of the strip I9, the opening 41 will be in alignment with the openings 49 and the bolt 48 may then be passed through these openings. Bar 3D is provided with spaced grooves 6.0 for indicating when the bolt 55 may be passed through its openings.

' The numeral 6i designates a handle which may be secured to the outer edge strip 29, as shown.

' ,In the use of the device, the bars 22 and 30 are vertically adjusted lwithin their sleeves, and locked in the selected adjusted position. This will bring the seat 34 at the desired elevation. This seat may be horizontally arranged or it may `be inclined downwardly in a forward direction, y which is Veiected by lowering the bar 22 with respect to the bar 3i). The rear leg 21 can swing with respect to the base and the front leg and the seat 34 can swing with respect to the bars 22 land 30. When the device is to be transported the bars 22 and 30 are shifted to the lowermost position and the seat 34 is brought adjacent to the guidesleeves. In this collapsed condition the device may be readily transported by manipulation of the` handle 6I'.

When the device is distended, and is supporting the user who straddles the seat 34, such device will securely hold the user against forward and rearward movement, but the user may readily move laterally within limits, as the elongated base lllmay be tilted upon its longitudinal edges upon the floor or the like, The device will therefore support the user, in whole or in part, while the user is substantially in a standing position. This will provide considerable rest for many workers who are compelled to stand for long periods.l

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herein shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of myl invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

1. A stool or chair, comprising a base, a subi stantially vertical longitudinally extensible leg rigidly connected at its lower end tol the base, a companion upstanding longitudinally extensible leg pivotally connected at its lower end to the base to swing toward and from the first-named leg, and a seat extending between the upper ends of the legs and pivotally connected therewith.

. 2. A stool or chair, comprising an elongated base, a substantially vertical longitudinally extensible leg rigidlyconnected with the elongated base near one end of the base, a companion upstanding longitudinally extensible leg pivotally connected with the base near the opposite end of the base to swing toward and from the-"first-A named leg, and a seat extending between the `upper ends of the legs and pivotally connected with such upper ends.

3. A stool or chair, comprising a base provided near its opposite ends with pairs of longitudinal openings, a substantially vertical leg, said leg in'- cluding a guide sleeve and strips vprojecting downwardly lbeyond the guide sleeve and entering one pair of longitudinal openings, means to rigidly connect the strips with the base, a bar slidably mounted within the guide sleeve, means to lock the bar to the guide sleeve in a selected adjustedr leg including a guide sleeve and strips depending below the guide sleeve and passing into the openings at the opposite end of the base, means to pivotally connect the last-named strips with the base so that the' last-named sleeve may be swung toward and from the first-named leg, a bar slid-l ably mounted in the last-named sleeve, means to lock the last-named bar in the selected Vadjusted position, and a straddle seat extending between the upper ends of the bars and pivotally con-- nected therepwith. Y

4. In a stool or chair, an elongated base, a strip rigidly mounted upon the upper face of the base and provided at its opposite ends'with pairs of longitudinal openings, a spacer strip rigidly mounted upon the upper face of the rst-hamed strip and arranged between the openings o-f each pair, a substantially 'vertical guide sleeve having side strips extending downwardly below the same and engaging opposite sides of the spacer strip and passing into the adjacent pair of longitudinal openings, means rigidly connecting the side strips with the first-named strip, means rigidly connecting the side strips with the' spacer strip, an upstanding companion guide sleeve'having'side strips extending downwardly beyond the same and passing into the adjacent pair of longitudinal openings at the opposite end of the first-named strip, means pivotally connecting`the last-named side strips with the first-named strip so that the second-named sleeve can swing'toward and from the iirst-named sleeve,` bars longitudinally adjustably mounted in the guide sleeves to extend above the same, means to lock each bar to its guide sleeve in the selected adjusted position, and a straddle seat extending between the bars and lrgiivotally connected with the upper ends of ther ars.

THOMAS A. FALLON, SR. 

